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no less than the prolonging of their school-life, has
enabled so large a proportion of the pupils to become,
in spite of their handicap, both self-respecting and selfsupporting.
The Committee are glad to welcome Madame Duché,
who joined us in the early part of the year.
We earnestly hope that it will be found possible to
open the proposed Occupation Centre, for which there
are already more than the required number of prospective
entries required by the Board of Control. This would
provide such training as they are capable of receiving
for those former pupils of the Special School, and for
certain other children on our list, who are too defective
to profit by teaching in elementary schools. The difficulty
is to find suitable accommodation for such a centre.